Lindenwood University was recently awarded top ranking status for multiple online degree programs by Intelligent.com, including a number-one ranking for the master’s in organizational leadership.

Lindenwood University alumnus and current Indianapolis Colt Pierre Desir was recognized by Post-Dispatch sports columnist Ben Frederickson, as well as featured on KSDK for his charitable activities. Desir is up for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, which recognizes NFL players for "excellence on and off the field."

Lindenwood University’s online programs in several categories have been ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report for 2020. The university’s online bachelor’s, MBA, non-MBA graduate business programs, and master’s in education were all ranked, with all four placing fourth or better among institutions in Missouri.

Lindenwood University has named Orrie Covert vice president for advancement and communications. A veteran fundraiser in higher education, Covert will be based at Lindenwood’s St. Charles campus, starting Jan. 20.

Rachael Heuermann has been named Lindenwood University’s new director of alumni relations. Previously a member of the university’s Student Involvement staff, she moves to the Lindenwood Advancement and Communications staff in her new role.

Lindenwood University’s J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts will be hosting the Heartland Art Club Members Exhibition from Jan. 30 to March 16 in the Boyle Family Gallery.

Lindenwood University’s new Center for Diversity & Inclusion (CDI) will officially open at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 3110 Evans Commons.

Dr. Rachel Ferguson, director of the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise’s Liberty & Ethics Center at Lindenwood University, will be a visiting scholar at the Eudaimonia Institute at Wake Forest University for the spring semester of 2020.

For the third year in a row, Lindenwood University is serving as a sponsor of FIRST Robotics and hosted a regional event to kick off the 2020 season Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020.

The St. Louis Business Journal recently published its annual list of the largest MBA programs in the St. Louis area, and Lindenwood University’s Plaster School of Business is home to the second largest program with 582 on-ground and online students.